The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

Two Accidents in Which One Life Was
Lost and a Crest Many Persons Were
Injured-One Occurs ON the Wisconsin
Central and the Other on the Minnesota
IS Northwestern Road.
HURLED FROM THE TRACK
ASHLAND Wis, Dec 24.-The Wisconsin,
| Central passenger train which left Ashland
at s o'clock Thursday night was derailed a.
midnight by a broken rail in the heart OF
| the great pine forest between Fiheld and
Phillips, and badly wrecked The sleeping
car and first and second coaches were all
hurled from the track. There We're sixty
| passengers aboard, of whom one-August
Man [ of Butternut-was killed, and near
| " all the Others were more or less seri-
ouslv hurt Among the injured are these:
Conductor j. Il Greenfield, leg broken and
internally hurt will probably die. Thomas
Mooney. of Ashland, terribly bruised; Will re-
cover. Thomas Schneider, o. Ashland, head
| badly cut and body scratched; George clemens,
of Duluth his wife and three children, all
| badly bruised; Mr.. Mahoney, of Ashland. severe
| cuts; Mrs. Sullivan, scalp cut and otherwise
| seriously hurt; w. B. Baker, OF Bancroft throe
| fingers cut OF; John M Dillingham;, of Ashland
| slightly hurt; Mr.. Connolly, OF Chippewa falI''
| Victor Mason, bruised.
The others hurt are not seriously injured.
| speed at the time Of the accident and the
| cars ran into the woods and were piled in
| heap The accident happened ut sharp
| down-gEade curve in a most desolate region,
| there being nothing on the line for miles
| about except the pninhabited pine barrenS.
| August Mantoi, who was killed, attempted
| to get out of q window feet first just as the
| day coach careened and was literally torn
| to pieces His body was in such position
| under the coach that it could not be taken
| out I'LL late in the day His head was all
! that was visibe
| The cars Immediately took fire, but by
| the prompt work of Superintendent VOL
| ford, who escaped from the sleeper with
| Mr.. Sullivan. most horrible disaster was
prevented Snow was abundant and was
| freely used Many other sleeping-car pas
| senoers aided in the work, attired in their
| night-clothes Engineer Frank Calkins and
| his fireman gave prompt aid to the impris-
| oned people, many of whom were either
| pinoned or cut off from csc ape, and IN
| danger of being creHated.
TUAIBLING CARS
| FREEPoKT Ill, Dec PA terrible dis
aster happened to the Minnesota Il North
western train which passed through here
! yesterday morning en- route for the
East with large excursion party
| bound for Canadian points. About
| thirteen miles from here, near German VAL
| ley Station, the train encountered broken
rail, and the cars, seven in number,
| were all hurled down the twelve-foot en-
| bankment on either side. One OF the cars
was thrown fully fifty feet and turned COM
| pletely over endways. All the other cars
| but one Were thrown over on Their sides
| down the bank. There were nearly 100
| passengers on board the train, and al
| though no one was killed, thirty of them
were wounded, several dangerously.
| One OF the coaches caught fire, but the
| flames were extinguished by the train men
| before they gained any Roadway. The
wreck w.s cleared away last night, and
| those who were able to stand the journey
were taken through The loss to the rail-
| road company Will probably aggregate near
| ly $3.50, 600. The badly injured are being
cared for at the neighboring farm houses.
Engineer L. D. Holder, of Chicago, had
! charge OF the locomotive He says that the
train was going at the rate of twenty-five
| miles an hour. At the spot where the
wreck occurred the track crosses creek,
and also makes sharp curve. This,
coupled with the fact that it is down grade,
confirms the railroad men i'll the opinion
that spread rail was the probable cause OF
| the disaster.